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Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? #12736266 04/30/18 12:57 PM
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It has been a strange year with all the cool rains this spring.
I figured the fish had spawned and moved back out so I gave it a try this weekend,
Caught my limit in about 3 hours.
I was surprised to find several still had eggs, even caught a couple of green sun fish with eggs in the.
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Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12736278 04/30/18 01:01 PM
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It happens quite often. A good amount of fish won't spawn and will retain their eggs especially on weird years like this one. Caught a limit on Friday and half had eggs that looked like they were being reabsorbed (very pale and egg sacks were small).

Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12736285 04/30/18 01:03 PM
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It has been a strange year, indeed...I caught almost a limit yesterday morning...one came from10 FOW, two came from 5, and the remainder came from 2 or less...I started out looking deep, ended up on the bank, go figure... hmmm

Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12736374 04/30/18 01:56 PM
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Originally Posted By: Buff2
It has been a strange year with all the cool rains this spring.
I figured the fish had spawned and moved back out so I gave it a try this weekend,
Caught my limit in about 3 hours.
I was surprised to find several still had eggs, even caught a couple of green sun fish with eggs in the.
15' deep on the brush
Buff what lake were you fishin,I was on lavon sun got some 2 fow few in 4 fow 3 in 6fow slow day 7 total. some guys gettn very shallow.

Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12736377 04/30/18 01:58 PM
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Lake of the Pines


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Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12736570 04/30/18 04:09 PM
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I caught a lot of bigger fish on brush in 12-15 ft full of eggs last year in may. I caught a few yesterday when I was out scouting out spots at my local lake. lost a giant at the boat that was fat.


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Im not surprised. This is usually peak spawn time

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My experience (what little that is) has show'n me the fish don't all spawn at the same time but in waves..... mother nature's way of ensuring a successful spawn every year.... the fish has been all over the depths 3 months on my lake... although I don't ever beat the banks for'um there has been folks catching them very shalla and I've been catchn'um out to 12ft.....


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Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: Buff2] #12737250 05/01/18 12:07 AM
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Crappie are fractional spawners. The female does not lay all of her eggs at one time. She will make 2-3 trips shallow to lay her eggs in 2-3 days depending on several factors. Some females will not lay 100% of her eggs.

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I cleaned white bass, catfish and crappie from Palestine on Saturday and some of all of 3 had eggs.

Re: Fish out on brush piles still full of eggs? [Re: DLALLDER] #12737816 05/01/18 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted By: DLALLDER
Crappie are fractional spawners. The female does not lay all of her eggs at one time. She will make 2-3 trips shallow to lay her eggs in 2-3 days depending on several factors. Some females will not lay 100% of her eggs.


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that is why we should consider the span more of a PROCESS, than an EVENT, says the wise ! grin


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